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  • September 2016
  • Background Note

A Brief History of African American Leaders in Unions and the Labor Movement

By: Steven Rogers and Mercer Cook
This historically focused background note highlights the role of African American Labor Leaders in both the Labor Movement and the Civil Rights Movement. In doing so, it attempts to both highlight these noteworthy individuals and demonstrate the innate connection... View Details
Keywords: Wages; Working Conditions; Political History; Social History; Economic History; Business History; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Labor And Management Relations; Social Issues; Culture; Equality And Inequality; Rights; Leading Change; Race; Civil Society or Community; Labor Unions
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  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

An American Odyssey

social change and very conscious that I was going to use my HBS training in different ways than most of my classmates,” America explains. “In class, I appreciated the pro-labor side in cases that had a union-management component. I was active in the View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance
  • Web

Agents of Change: The Founding of the African-American Student Union

Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Agents of Change: The Founding and Impact of the African-American Student Union celebrates the 50th anniversary of the formation of the African-American Student View Details
  • 27 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

often a trait of the most effective leaders, as it was in the best-respected of all American political leaders, Abraham Lincoln. Once, when the Civil War was not going well for the View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

1919–1955 Vincent A. Gierer, Jr. UST, 1993–Present Walter S. Gifford American Telephone and Telegraph, 1925–1948 Frank L. Gillespie Liberty Life Insurance, 1919–1925 King C. Gillette Gillette Company,... View Details
  • 2016
  • Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Alberto Mora and the Costs and Consequences of Torture

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Benjamin Summers
Alberto Mora's time as General Counsel of the Navy from 2001–2006 greatly influenced his mission to illuminate the policy consequences of torture. Mora's drive to restore the nation's awareness and conscience against torture was gaining traction. Prominent... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Skills; Torture; Costs And Consequences; Humane; Restraint; Human Dignity; Treatment Of Prisoners; Prison; Repression; Opposition; Revolution; Democracy; Communism; International Affairs; Public Service; September 11; War On Terror; Operation Enduring Freedom; Guantanamo; Cuba; Coalition; Working Group; Cruelty; Interrogation; Memorandum; American Law; Authority; Authoritative; Quadrennial Defense Review; National Defense Authorization Act; Public Engagement; Advocacy; Law; Accountability; Center For The Victims Of Torture; Human Rights; Public Policy; Legality; Morality; Legal System; Tactical Military Operations; West Point; NGO; Human Rights First; American Civil Liberties Union; Human Rights Watch; Amnesty International; Constitution Project; Center For Constitutional Rights; Strategic Military Effect; National Security; Weapon; Terrorism; Prisoners Of War; Abu Ghraib; Pentagon; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Rights; Policy; Public Opinion; United States
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  • 13 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 13, 2016

American Leaders in Unions and the Labor Movement This historically focused background note highlights the role of African American Labor Leaders in both the Labor Movement and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • January 2008 (Revised March 2011)
  • Case

Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible

By: Anthony J. Mayo, Mark Benson and David Chen
From his humble beginnings as a local salesman in New York, Henry J. Kaiser rose to become one of the leading industrialists of 20th century America. Though he had no technical engineering training, Kaiser mastered the management and execution of plans for several... View Details
Keywords: History; Mission and Purpose; Transition; Management Practices and Processes; Construction; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Business History; Business Growth and Maturation; Civil Society or Community; Business Strategy; Planning; Construction Industry; Shipping Industry; United States
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  • 15 Aug 2022
  • Book

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

civil war, and multiple periods of domestic unrest. But can this systemically decentralized Harvard continue to be the ‘Harvard’ of the 21st century?” Which universities will step into the void as American... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education
  • March 2025
  • Case

The Changing Climate on Wall Street

By: Clayton S. Rose, Maxim Pike Harrell and Michael Norris
Increasing and conflicting regulatory requirements and political pressures regarding climate change tested the leaders of U.S. financial institutions, as they struggled to determine how best to comply while managing their business and its risks. In October 2024,... View Details
Keywords: Change; Disruption; Competency and Skills; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Ethics; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Society; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Strategy; Adaptation; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; United States; Europe
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  • Web

Curriculum - Case Method Project

This case provides a broad overview of the economic, political, and moral issues that eventually led to the outbreak of the American Civil War. Students explore how these issues ensured sectional division... View Details
  • 14 Feb 2023
  • HBS Case

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

Sweden has long seemed like a social-welfare capitalist dream come true, where companies and labor unions collaborate in harmony with government support. Swedish citizens are among the wealthiest in the world, and they enjoy publicly... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

School. [4 ] At the end of the Civil War, cotton in Lehman, Durr & Co.’s warehouse was purposefully set fire in order to prevent Union troops from acquiring the supply. [5 ] Louis R. Ehrich, “In Memory of... View Details
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Lehman Brothers Family Partners | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, providing aid to postwar Europe and Asia. From 1949 until 1957, he represented the state of New York in the U.S. Senate, working tirelessly to protect civil View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

spending Savings and Loan bailout Chrysler bailout Breakup of AT&T Influence: Medium-Low 90 1990 s Family and Medical Leave Act Americans with Disabilities Act Welfare reform Antitrust action initiated against Microsoft Influence:... View Details
  • Web

Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Institutionalized constraints on the executive power. 3. guarantee of civil liberties to all citizens Download Data Set in Excel Population Density The World Bank, “Population Density (People per sq. km. of... View Details
  • Web

Partners - Case Method Project

Phoenix, AZ AZ 3 of 5 Rebecca Morrison Highland High School Gilbert, AZ AZ 4 of 5 Yesenia Salloway Tolleson Union High School Tolleson, AZ AZ 5 of 5 Shelby Stringer Basis Phoenix Phoenix, AZ Arkansas All States Alabama Arizona Arkansas... View Details
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

U.S. Government, Grade 12 Standard Economics, Grade 11/12 Psychology elective OR Jonathan Chenjeri Klamath Union High School Klamath Falls, OR Subjects: History PA Chris Chirieleison Hill School Pottstown, PA Subjects: U.S. History, View Details
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

climate change. He walks through several adaptation frameworks and roadmaps recently developed by governments, civil society, and private companies to help provide clarity and guidance on the steps necessary for more resilient companies... View Details
  • 20 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

Civil Administration, Maurice Thatcher, who proposed that the U.S. government create an elected civil government in the Panama Canal Zone, with the aim of promoting permanent settlement. "We must have... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation